Although it's nice to see those numbers shift, it seems like such a falsehood.

Observing the Obama White House, it's like a continuation of the Bush Administration
with differing window dressing.

winner winner chicken dinner!

for all their supposed divergences, in the grand scheme of things it makes little difference which political party is in office. sure, (material) things are a little bit better for the populace while a democrat is in office (more domestic spending), but exploitation at home and abroad run rampant either way.

edit: not to mention state-sponsored terrorism, a time-honored american tradition

Ti = Ne > Fi = Ni > Te = Si > Fe = Se

"I've never seen a child who didn't want to build something out of blocks, or learn something new, or try the next task. And the only reason why adults aren't like that is, I suppose, that they have been sent to school and other oppressive institutions which have driven that out of them."
-- Noam Chomsky

As Calvin Coolidge said, "The Business of America, is business." It always has been.

And luckily for us, the businesses pay for the programming that comes out of the magic box and feeds us a poisonous mental framework which obfuscatedly corrupts our thoughts and human dignity.

Ti = Ne > Fi = Ni > Te = Si > Fe = Se

"I've never seen a child who didn't want to build something out of blocks, or learn something new, or try the next task. And the only reason why adults aren't like that is, I suppose, that they have been sent to school and other oppressive institutions which have driven that out of them."
-- Noam Chomsky